Birding spots · Virginia

Best Birding Spots in Accomack County, Virginia

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (north) leads Accomack County's birding spots with 248 species reported, best in spring. 53 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (north)	248	2,019	148	206	151	198
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge	232	2,784	125	192	140	182
Horse Marsh	209	556	102	173	74	180
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Black Duck Marsh)	206	1,793	108	183	85	162
Black Duck Marsh	190	1,308	110	140	103	145
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (northeast)	189	1,094	79	149	85	140
Chincoteague Island	186	1,588	76	148	93	145
Little Toms Cove	182	2,044	92	125	92	141
Mutton Hunk Fen State Natural Area Preserve	182	497	82	129	99	130
Little Toms Cove (northwest)	173	1,972	104	119	101	125
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 3)	154	272	67	90	84	84
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Janeys Creek)	153	346	89	95	63	76
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Bow Beach)	152	791	71	111	83	99
Toms Cove	144	937	74	100	71	104
Carrs Marsh	143	116	73	80	46	94
Little Toms Cove (south)	140	1,099	65	82	77	100
Black Duck Marsh (Smalley Drain)	140	776	63	88	77	90
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (northwest)	138	373	56	88	66	88
The Canal	137	601	58	93	81	100
Saxis Wildlife Management Area	134	214	48	106	76	58
Mutton Hunk Fen State Natural Area Preserve (Whites Creek)	129	146	52	82	72	86
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Smalley Drain)	124	402	45	84	50	67
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (south)	124	151	50	81	50	56
Shelly Bay	118	1,348	67	80	56	80
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (northeast 2)	116	300	35	62	59	59
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Smith Hammocks)	115	58	13	67	65	61
Saxis Wildlife Management Area (Dicks Point)	112	209	48	85	55	50
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Pitts Island)	106	77	45	76	17	53
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (east)	90	137	22	50	38	38
Robin Hood Bay	89	87	28	69	46	28
Chincoteague	83	386	45	58	48	60
Wachapreague Fee	83	152	24	56	32	52
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (north)	83	57	5	53	21	35
Old Cove	82	70	16	49	27	20
Metompkin Island	81	80	11	62	59	51
Tidal Lands	80	190	36	39	40	45
Tangier Island	80	65	0	0	49	56
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (south)	79	72	27	22	24	57
Mud Bay	78	245	34	55	51	32
Gargathy Bay	78	63	17	40	27	21
Black Narrows Marsh	70	180	14	50	44	27
Wachapreague	70	86	24	53	25	32
Horse Marsh (Sheepshead Creek)	69	81	10	48	24	43
Chincoteague Island (Deep Hole)	63	89	32	28	17	37
Saxis Island	61	61	26	39	12	26
Chincoteague Open Space	56	56	27	32	17	22
Chincoteague (Black Narrows)	45	53	0	21	26	22
Birding spot near Chincoteague	141	802	73	94	75	95
Birding spot near Captains Cove	123	109	71	90	58	80
Birding spot near Wattsville	81	182	31	68	26	32